{"id":40386,"date":"2025-10-14T14:01:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T19:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adpulp.com\/?p=40386"},"modified":"2025-10-14T14:01:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T19:01:33","slug":"hope-floats-maine-oysterman-graham-platner-for-u-s-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adpulp.com\/hope-floats-maine-oysterman-graham-platner-for-u-s-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"HOPE FLOATS: Maine Oysterman, Graham Platner, for U.S. Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Positioning is fundamental to brand advertising, and some of today&#8217;s Democratic Party candidates are positioning themselves as pro-labor, anti-oligarch defenders of the American people and the American dream. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grahamforsenate.com\">Graham Platner<\/a>, an oysterman from Maine, is one such candidate.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/53bZ_95nDjk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>He is running to replace the state&#8217;s incumbent Republican Senator, Susan Collins. Democrats from coast to coast would love to see that happen in a little more than a year from now.<\/p>\n<p>Early in his powerful and persuasive launch video, Platner says, &#8220;We have watched this state become essentially unlivable for working-class people, and it makes me deeply angry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Anger can be a strong motivator, and Platner&#8217;s anger happens to be shared by fellow citizens. Will it drive them out to vote in record numbers? According to Platner, &#8220;People know that the system is screwing them. They know it in their bones.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s something refreshing about this man&#8217;s honesty. Imagine what the nation would be like if more people fearlessly spoke truth to power on a regular basis. Don&#8217;t we owe it to ourselves and to future generations to get square with how we got here?<\/p>\n<p>Maine&#8217;s housing costs are about 33% higher than the national average, and the state has the 10th-highest cost of living among all U.S. states. Thus, there&#8217;s ample room for economic and environmental arguments to be made and won by the man who works with his hands <em>and<\/em> requires a healthy ecosystem to stay in business and hopefully prosper one day.<\/p>\n<p>Platner, the candidate, is plainspoken and unafraid to rock the boat. When it comes to his opponent&#8217;s claims that she&#8217;s a moderate, he says, &#8220;The difference between Susan Collins and Ted Cruz is at least Ted Cruz is honest about selling us out and not giving a damn.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Platner is serious and tough, but his personality and by extension, his political brand, is tempered by a wry sense of humor. And laughing helps at a time like this. 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